Let's take a step back from the National Hockey League to look at some of the happenings amongst the Preds prospect pool from around the world.

Stats on the Predators primary developmental affiliate – the American Hockey League’s Milwaukee Admirals – can be found here. Stats for Nashville’s secondary affiliate, the ECHL’s Cincinnati Cyclones, can be found here.

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North american prospect scoring

(as of games played March 29, 2015)

Canadian hockey league

pos

name

club (league)

gp

g

a

pts

pim

+/-

D

Aaron irving

Edmonton (Whl)

65

6

7

13

58

-8

Edmonton (Whl)

3

0

0

0

0

-2

rw

Justin Kirkland

Kelowna (WHL)

50

21

30

51

25

31

Missed the final 15 games of the regular season and first two of the playoffs due to injury.

lw

tommy veilleux

victoriaville (qmjhl)

31

10

4

14

82

5

Gatineau (qmjhl)

29

8

8

16

55

13

Gatineau (qmjhl)

2

0

0

0

9

-1

national collegiate athletic association

pos

name

club (league)

gp

g

a

pts

pim

+/-

d

jack dougherty

univ. of wisconsin (big ten)

33

2

7

9

29

-25

d

teemu kivihalme

colorado college (nchc)

35

5

6

11

10

-19

rw

Wade murphy

univ. of North dakota (nchc)

15

0

1

1

6

1

c

nick oliver

st. cloud state (wcha)

40

3

2

5

34

-5

C

zach stepan

minnesota-mankato (wcha)

34

3

9

12

12

6

lw

jimmy vesey

harvard university (ecac)

37

32

26

58

21

23

Named the 2015 Walter brown award winner as new england's top college hockey player this week. Will find out thursday if he is one of three hobey hat trick finalists.

East Coast HOCKEY LEAGUE

pos

name

club (league)

gp

g

a

pts

pim

+/-

rw

zach budish

cincinnati

30

8

15

23

20

11

rw

Garrett Noonan

cincinnati

16

1

7

8

10

-1

d

Jonathan diaby

cincinnati

2

0

1

1

2

-2

d

Jaynen rissling

cincinnati

36

1

2

3

76

-4

lw

josh shalla

cincinnati

56

17

25

42

20

-6

d

Mikko vainonen

cincinnati

31

0

5

5

16

-8

d

scott valentiMne

idaho

12

0

6

6

20

5

american HOCKEY LEAGUE

POS

NAME

CLUB (LEAGUE)

GP

G

A

PTS

+/-

PIM

The milwaukee Admirals have won two of their last three games dating back to Wednesday at Lake Erie, and are ranked third in the Midwest Division and sixth in the Western Conference at 31-19-8 (70 points). The Admirals 147 goals against are tied for eighth in the AHL, while their 15-6-5 (.673), record on the road give them the AHL’s best road point percentage.

Goaltender Marek Mazanec is tied for seventh in AHL games played (36), and tied for fifth in shutouts (4). Netminding partner Magnus Hellberg is tied for sixth in goals-against average (2.13) and tied for 12th in shutouts (3).

Colton Sissons leads Milwaukee and is tied for 10th in the AHL in goals with 20.

Austin Watson leads all AHLers with eight game-winning goals (8).

Vitkor Arvidsson is second among rookies, and tied for 11th overall in points (47). He is also fourth among rookies and tied for 14th in the AHL in assists (29).

Viktor Arvidsson’s 18 goals are third-most among league rookies, while his seven power-play goals lead all first-year players. His four game-winning goals rank third.

Rookie and 2014 first-round pick Kevin Fiala has 13 points in 17 AHL games played since coming over from Sweden midseason.

Taylor Aronson is tied for sixth among AHL defensemen in assists (26) and tied for 14th in points (29). Anthony Bitetto is tied for 10th in blueliner assists (24).

Defenseman and captain Joe Piskula is tied for sixth in the AHL in plus/minus rating (+21).

RW

Kevin Henderson

Texas Stars

48

5

5

10

-3

23

D

Scott valentine

Texas Stars

44

2

5

7

5

71

lw

brendan leipsic

milwaukee admirals

47

7

28

35

2

16

c

austin Watson

milwaukee admirals

58

18

12

30

1

24

rw

viktor arvidsson

milwaukee admirals

47

15

21

36

22

3

rw

pontus aberg

milwaukee admirals

52

15

9

24

1

14

d

joe piskula

milwaukee admirals

49

1

13

14

21

24

d

anthony bitetto

milwaukee admirals

52

2

24

26

8

64

c

frederick gaudreau (R)

milwaukee admirals

29

4

5

9

5

8

d

Zach Budish

milwaukee admirals

27

5

5

10

4

12

d

garrett noonan (r)

milwaukee admirals

38

4

5

9

5

15

c

joe pendenza (r)

milwaukee admirals

34

7

4

11

5

4

c

mark van guilder

milwaukee admirals

58

7

11

18

-1

14

d

taylor aronson

milwaukee admirals

55

3

26

29

1

14

lw

miikaa salomaki

milwaukee admirals

38

7

11

18

15

30

lw

Ian White

milwaukee admirals

31

3

15

18

3

13

c

felix girard (R)

milwaukee admirals

58

4

5

9

-9

49

c

colton sissons

milwaukee admirals

58

20

10

30

7

25

c

Viktor Stalberg

milwaukee admirals

20

11

6

17

0

14

c

Rich clune

milwaukee admirals

44

5

7

12

3

167

d

johan alm (r)

milwaukee admirals

26

0

7

7

-6

12

d

michael liambas

milwaukee admirals

38

4

2

6

3

119

d

Kevin Fiala

milwaukee admirals

19

6

7

13

-3

8

d

jonathan diaby

milwaukee admirals

43

0

2

2

3

90

d

Patrick Cehlin

milwaukee admirals

4

0

0

0

1

2

d

jimmy oligny

milwaukee admirals

41

1

3

4

2

42

lw

triston grant

milwaukee admirals

56

10

8

18

-6

103

european prospect scoring

pos

name

club (league)

gp

g

a

pts

pim

+/-

c

kevin fiala

hv-71 (shl)

20

5

9

14

14

-3

Hv-71 (champions league)

3

0

2

2

10

-1

lW

konstantin glazachev

dynamo moscow (khl)

37

6

8

14

10

8

rw

max gortz

frolunda (Shl)

53

14

14

28

6

8

frolunda (champions league)

6

4

5

9

0

4

lw

vladislav kamenev

magnitogorsk(khl)

41

6

3

9

10

-2

magnitogorsk (khl)

5

1

0

1

0

0

Finished the regular season ranked third among khl junior players in goals and tied for fifth in points.

d

denis kulyash

avangard omsk (KHL)

58

10

17

27

58

7

avangard omsk (KHL)

6

2

0

2

0

0

d

teemu laakso

vaxjo (SHL)

40

2

7

9

22

8

vaxjo (champions league)

6

1

1

2

4

1

d

joonas jarvinen

hk sochi (kHL)

39

0

1

1

59

-8

d

joonas lyytinen

kalpa (finland)

47

8

9

17

26

12

kalpa (champions League)

6

0

2

2

16

0

Received an opening-round bye in the sm-liiga playoffs after finishing sixth in the regular season...finished tied for fifth among all sm-liiga junior players in goals, and tied for sixth among under-20 skaters in points.

lw

saku maenalanen

karpat (finland)

20

4

1

5

2

2

Karpat (finland jr.)

6

2

6

8

2

-4

karpat (champions league)

3

0

0

0

0

-1

lahti (Finland)

8

1

0

1

0

-4

hokki (finland-2)

17

5

8

13

6

3

lw

simon moser

bern (switzerland)

28

5

2

7

18

1

bern (switzerland)

4

0

1

1

2

-1

bern (champions league)

2

0

0

0

0

-2

C

emil pettersson

timra (allsvenskan)

52

12

23

35

16

-5

Modo (SHL)

2

1

0

1

2

-2

Finished the allsvenskan season tied for 12th in League assists, and tied for 16th in points before joining modo for the stretch run

rw

Juuso Puustinen

hifk (finland)

42

13

11

24

16

8

hifk (champions league)

5

0

2

2

0

2

c

grigory shafigulin

magnitogorsk (khl)

9

0

0

0

14

1

Amur khabarovsk (KHL)

26

1

7

8

19

-12

c

sergei soin

dynamo moscow

40

3

6

9

30

2

dynamo moscow

6

2

2

4

6

4

c

Mikko vainonen

Saipa

14

0

1

1

12

1

play hifk in the opening round of the sm-liiga playoffs

GOALTENDERS

Name

club (league)

gp

w

l

ot

gaa

sv%

so

g

atte engren

Atlant mytishchi (khl)

56

22

24

7

2.50

.915

2

g

janne juvonen

lahti (finland)

44

11

22

11

2.49

.920

3

Play karpat in the opening round of the sm-liiga playoffs...finished the regular season ranked fifth in minutes played (2651:51)